A free option is the portable privacy machine. I've been using it since
it was mentioned on this list some time ago and it works superbly:
http://www.metropipe.net/ppm.php
Don't be intimidated by the fact that it's a Linux desktop, it's
extremely easy to use and given enough RAM (works best if you can
dedicate 512MB to it), quite fast.
Peter.
Tim Churches wrote:
Duncan Guy wrote:
http://www.u3.com/default.aspx
Has anyone seen or used this ?
looks like a way to use an xp or win2000 computer from your usb key and
leave no trace.
might be handy for health apps or vpn access from hospitals etc.
Duncan
I think this just runs the software from the USB memory stick - but you
still use the host CPU and operating system etc - it is just that the
application software code and configuration information for those apps
are all read from and written back tot he USB drive. Works nicely - I
use Portable OpenOffice - see
http://portableapps.com/apps/office/suites/portable_openoffice - and
Portable Firefox - see
http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/browsers/portable_firefox - both
absolutely free - on a 1GB USB stick which cost under $100 some time ago
at the North Rocks shopping centre Sunday morning computer church, err,
market. Both work a treat although some of the wizards in OpenOffice
don't function from teh USB stick - no great problem, and soon to be fixed.
However, from a security point-of-view this doesn't gain you very much
as the host computer can still easily copy files to and from your USB
stick without your knowledge, and can intercept all data being processed.
Horst has a gizmo called a Black Dog (nothing to do with depression, it
seems) which goes one (or several) better - it is a complete computer,
slightly smaller than one of your patient's cigarette packs, which plugs
into a host PC via USB and boots and runs a complete copy of Linux. It
uses the host PC's screen, keyboard and network for communication only,
but all computation takes place on the BlackDog and the host PC has no
(direct, unauthorised) access to its files (cf a USB memory stick).
Ideal for really secure cryptographic operations. See
http://www.projectblackdog.com/
Tim C
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